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We Are Red-y for Testing!

March Testing Newsletter!

Testing Themes!

In our classroom, MAP will mean MY ATTITUDE’S POSITIVE.  We want to have a positive attitude every day and to help us have a positive attitude we will have the following themes:

Monday      “RED-DAY”

April 2       We will wear red to show we are READY!!

Tuesday    “LUCKY CHARM DAY”

 April 3                We will bring our small, favorite lucky charm

Wednesday          “OUR THINKING CAPS ARE ON! DAY”

 April 4                We will wear our favorite cap

Thursday  “CHEWS” TO DO YOUR BEST DAY!!”

April 5                We will bring our favorite kind of gum to chew

Friday       “ENGLISH LANDING SPIRIT DAY”—We’ve Got Spirit!

 April 6             We will wear our English Landing spirit wear or wear red,                           white and blue

         

Monday      “SOCK IT TO THE TEST!”

April 9                We will wear our craziest (or mismatched) socks to     show that we are going to sock it to the MAP test tomorrow!    

                            

Tuesday    “WE ARE “BRIGHT” TEST TAKERS DAY”

 April 10              We will wear our favorite sunglasses

Wednesday          “WE THINK YOU’RE A SMARTIE”

 April 11               All Kids will receive Smarties

Thursday  “WE’RE A TEAM OF TEST TAKERS!”

April 12               We will wear our favorite sports team apparel      

Friday       “SWEET”—WE ARE DONE!”

April 13               We will bring our favorite candy bar to eat after recess

Testing Islands!

Step one in getting our brains ready for testing was a tropical party that allowed us to relax. Students read around the room using beach towels and assorted festive comfortable seating. We are now in our own private islands, ready to kick back and show what we know! Here are a few pictures from today!

Tropical Getaway!

Also tomorrow we will be moving our desks into private islands in preparation for testing week. To make this a fun and exciting experience we will be celebrating with a Tropical theme. Students are encouraged to wear tropical garb, bring beach towels, and sunglasses! Please let me know if you have any questions.

Building Wide Science Rotations

In preperation for MAP we are working as a building to help our 5th grade friends review science ideas. We are teaching our 5th grade friends about electricity and circuits. We used these links to help our 5th grade friends.

http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/siliconspies/flash/concepts/simplecircuits.htm

they have to click on the picture for this one:
http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspView&ResourceID=638

Poetry Inspiration

   We continue to work with poetry and discuss the way that we use figurative language to make our writing more interesting and our conversations more entertaining.  This podcast is a reminder of how poetry can come to life:

http://www.poetry4kids.com/blog/podcast/an-interview-with-jack-prelutsky/